The remaining monolithic downtown towers reflect a valid testament and legacy crowning Pittsburgh's gilded era. Influential industrialists and financiers such as Andrew Carnegie, H. J. Heinz, Thomas and Andrew Mellon and Henry Clay Frick immortalized their wealth and industry dominance by hiring the era's premier architecture firms and architects. The results created a concentration of accomplishment and innovation highlighted by aesthetics.During the late 19th and early 20th centu...

The world did not fall by accident.It was designed.After the destruction of the Garden, Juliette and Gianluca Farioli are no longer running—they are hunting.Far beyond the frozen north lies the truth behind the apocalypse: The Architects, the secret organization that created the infection, controlled Magnus Company, manipulated Dominion, and watched civilization collapse from behind clean walls and locked doors.But the deeper Juliette goes, t...

The 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal and first introduced the city of San Diego to a wider international audience. Balboa Park became the featured centerpiece. The core park layout today remains essentially the same as during the original fair. Later constructed buildings and venues have expanded the variety of attractions.The majority of buildings introduced during the first exposition outside of the California Quadrangle were tempora...

Edifices of worship, prayer and moral community have provided their congregation's stability and shelter spanning generations and sometimes even centuries. Ecclesiastical architecture is meant to inspire and provide essential meeting space for institutional activities and shared rituals.Each of these profiled churches offers a unique narrative and presence within their respective communities. Their accompanying profiles document their origins, histories, and in many instances archi...

This book has an inspirational literary style, where the author narrates her personal testimony about her deep experience with God and substantiates it with numerous biblical quotations, in order to draw a clear picture of how our choices today will forever affect our eternal destiny.

The Last Call: Tales from the Bar Between Heaven and Hell takes you to a strange afterlife not ruled by angels or demons, but by a laid‑back bartender, a sarcastic talking lamp, and a brutally honest jukebox.

The universe had rules.Not written.Not spoken.But absolute.Everything that exists—must belong.Everything that doesn't—is removed.For a time, that balance held.Worlds rose.Worlds fell.Civilizations burned across the stars.Hunters hunted.Devourers consumed.

Introduction In all the discussions about the community of microorganisms living in the human gut (the microbiome) and its "good" and "bad" bacteria; in all the science about how to manipulate bacterial populations to increase gut health; and in all the media urging greater awareness of the microbiome's influence on us all, there has been a missing link. The science of the microbiome has, until recently, largely neglected an active and potentially virulent community within: It is fungus, a...

MEET YOUR DSLR There are tons of camera types on the market today—from cheap point-and-shoots to mirrorless interchangeable-lens (ILC) models, from tiny action cams to the camera on your smartphone. But for many dedicated shooters, the obvious first choice in equipment is still a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera. Why? First, DSLRs allow a shooter to frame pictures with precision fairly easily. Second, the sheer number of lens types available lets one camera perform many functions. ...

When I first came to consider how to compile and select a personal collection of 80 amazing cakes from all around the world, the task that was set out in front of me seemed almost impossible. There were just so many delicious choices from so many baking traditions! How could I possibly narrow down a selection from all across the baking globe to just 80 cakes, when deep down inside me I knew that I could easily include three times the number. Well, the truth is I simply had to settle on tho...

ATTRACTIONS Succulent plants have been a feature of the horticultural scene for a long time, yet their appeal has not been dimmed by the passing years. When first brought into cultivation, their exotic appearance made them objects of great curiosity. Contemporary accounts reveal the sense of wonderment induced in the minds of those acquainted only with the familiar garden plants of the day. The first flowering of some of those early introductions was often deemed newsworthy but then, as no...

We strive for security, long for stability and dream of a bright, enthusiastic and predictable future for ourselves and for our kids. However, for most of us, these hopes and desires are far from certain to be realised. Our world is filled with rapid and often perilous change. We could easily fall victim to an accident, act of violence, debilitating disease or natural disaster. Wars and acts of terrorism threaten to endanger the fabric of society and make even more elusive the security we ...